Muted Silhouettes
Posted: February 11, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Pocket Silhouettes 2 Comments
Here is another card I made using the To the Nines Specialty D.P. The overall effect is quite muted as I stamped the images on Sahara Sand rather than a lighter brighter colour. The images from Pocket Silhouettes are perfect to punch out; I rarely use the whole image. I didn’t photograph the inside this time as I just matted a piece of Whisper white in Sahara Sand and attached that.
Not much to it really.
Thanks for dropping in, and thank you for the encouraging comments you have been leaving, I really appreciate them.
Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Inks: Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Saraha Sand, To the Nines Specialty D.P.
Also: Hemp Twine
A Sweet Little Thankyou
Posted: February 10, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, My Kid's cards, One of a Kind 2 Comments
I posted a drawing set decorated by my younger daughter a few days ago. Today I have a little gift bag made by my older daughter. She didn’t make it with anyone in mind, but just thought it would be good to have in reserve. I think she did a beautiful job and it is just the size for a few chocolates or cookies or perhaps some pretty soap. The dimensions are 4½” high, 4″ across and 2″ wide. She made the bag out of Berry Bliss Designer Paper and used Whisper white, Pretty in Pink and Close to Cocoa for the “Many Thanks” panel.
Supplies:
Stamps: One of a Kind, All Year Cheer
Inks: Pretty In Pink, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Close to Cocoa
Also: Taupe grosgrain ribbon
To the Nines
Posted: February 9, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Lovely as a Tree Leave a comment
I have been playing with another new product from the Spring/Summer catalog: To the Nines Specialty Designer Paper which is textured and cardstock weight. Like the designer papers there is a different pattern on each side. I know this cardstock does have hearts and paisley on it but I thought it could almost pass as a “male card”. I stamped the trees in Chocolate Chip on the front panel and then without re-inking stamped them on the corner of the inside panel and added the sentiment. I have matted the front with Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand and the inside with just Chocolate Chip.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Pocket Silhouettes
Inks: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Saraha Sand, To the Nines Specialty D.P.
Also: Chocolate grosgrain ribbon
Ever After
Posted: February 9, 2009 Filed under: Cuttlebug, Ever After 2 Comments
This card happened a little by accident, but I am very happy with the accident. After I had had all sorts of issues with my previous heart card, which had meant that I had stamped the heart, cleaned the stamp, botched it and then stamped the heart, cleaned the stamp, botched it… the stamping scrub was tinged with red ink, so even when I cleaned the stamp I didn’t do a good enough job. I inked up the heart withTsukineko Wheat Versamagic chalk ink, which I had never used before, and stamped it on vanilla cardstock. The colour of the heart was the pale salmon colour in the card above, not wheat. It just happened to match beautifully with Blush Blossom so a few layers and a cuttlebug embossed matte were all that was needed to make this wedding card.
As the card is 5¼” square the cuttlebug matte needed to be wider than the embossing folder. I put it through once and then moved the folder over to the unembossed strip down the side of the square and carefully fitted the folder partially over the already embossed part of the square but also over the rest of the square. Sharon actually explains how to do it with pictures here.
Thanks for dropping in.
Supplies:
Inks: Tsukineko Versamagic chalk ink- Wheat
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom
Stamps: Ever After
Also: Textile cuttlebug folder
Cuttlebug Valentine
Posted: February 8, 2009 Filed under: Cuttlebug, Ever After 2 Comments
This heart is the first stamp I have from the new catalog. I didn’t have a heart stamp so I decided to get this beautiful one. Simple though this card is, it took me forever! I had hoped to post it a few days ago but I just couldn’t work out what was missing. I changed orientation, added words, removed the ribbon, etc, etc. As it turned out all it needed was the embossed background; I had been working with a blank vanilla piece which was just too plain. The embossed background filled in the space without making it too busy.
I stamped the heart in red, cut it out and cut a matte out of real red. The heart is raised slightly over the ribbon by stampin’ dimensionals. Thanks for dropping in, I have another heart card which I am almost finished which should be up soon.
Supplies:
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Real Red
Stamps: Ever After
Also: Red grosgrain ribbon, Birds and Swirls cuttlebug folder
Need to be negative
Posted: February 5, 2009 Filed under: Happiness is a Journey, Stamp Simply challenges 10 Comments
That’s right, I needed to be negative when I made this card. Sharon’s Stamp Simply challenge this week is to use negative images or negative spaces left after using a punch. The stamped image is the only negative thing about this card, because I am actually feeling very positive about being the Stamp Simply Guest Designer for February! Thank you Sharon for including me in your team for the month.
This card is truly a “stamp simply” card. One stamp set, three markers and one piece of cardstock! I coloured directly onto the train stamp and then spritzed some water onto the stamp to blur the edges a little between my colours. After I had stamped one image using these colours I realised how much the green strip looked like foliage so Istamped another using the green marker a little more intentionally to create a background of trees for the train going past. I also used markers to highlight the word “Journey” in the sentiment.
I had a few trial images of the train lying around on my craft table so I decided to make a less simple card and use some mattes and embellishments. You can see the result below. I was happy with it but I prefer the simplicity of the one layer in the first card.
Make sure you check out the designs by the talented Stamp Simply design team:
Julie, Janine, Jennifer, Tammy, Dee, AJ, and of course Sharon.
Supplies:
Inks: Night of Navy, Bordering Blue and Always Artichoke stampin’write markers
Cardstock: Whisper white (Night of Navy, Bordering Blue, Always Artichoke)
Stamps: Happiness is a Journey (Fundamental Phrases)
Also: Navy grosgrain ribbon, hodgepodge hardware buckle
Watercolour blossoms
Posted: February 2, 2009 Filed under: Eastern Influences 2 Comments
I am inspired by so many amazing stampers whose blogs I visit when I can. Some of them have very individual styles, which has prompted me to wonder whether I have any particular style at all?! When I look back through my archives there are vintage, modern, embossed, watercoloured, overdone, underdone, large, small, etc, etc! Perhaps I have several styles, I do know that I keep on seeing wonderful ideas and techniques that I am keen to try.
I have used watercolouring on my cards in the past, but Jerri Jiminez’s gorgeous watercolours have inspired me to try again, with a gold outline this time. I was fairly happy with the blossoms but could not get the background colour the way I wanted it. My older daughter, whose style is definitely “less is more” told me to” leave it alone, it looks good as it is!” A few days after I had finished this card Jerri posted a very detailed tutorial on watercolouring, so I shall be trying again, with her instructions to guide me.
Supplies:
Stamps: Eastern Influences, Sincere Salutations
Inks: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Garden Green, Almost Amethyst
Cardstock: Pirouette Pink, Whisper White, Bella Rose d.p., Brushed Gold
Also: Gold embossing powder, ticket corner punch
More Celery
Posted: January 31, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, One of a Kind Leave a comment
This designer paper is my daughter’s favourite out of all my stash. It is not surprising really as it always looks crisp and fresh with very little needed in the stamping department. For the card above I decided to try the CPS sketch#7 again. Once I find a sketch I like I tend to use it over and over. The stamped images are from Pocket Silhouettes and the sentiment is from One of a Kind.
Here is another one I did using d.p. as the feature. I stamped and embossed the flower from One of a Kind on three different pieces of Celery d.p. and cut them out. They are stuck on with Stampin’ dimensionals to raise them above the layers of cardstock, dp and ribbon.
I’m hoping to get to some stamping later tonight, but we have a skating party here tonight for my daughter’s Sunday school class and the rink we plan to skate on is covered in snow!
Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Upsy Daisy, One of a Kind
Inks: Versamark, Certainly Celery
Cardstock: Whisper white, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery Designer papers
Also: White e.p. , White grosgrain ribbon, circle punch, circle nestabilities(Spellbinders)
Sun behind daisies
Posted: January 28, 2009 Filed under: Upsy Daisy 1 CommentI have had the idea for this card floating around in my head for a while so decided to try it on the weekend. (After seeing the finished card my daughter did make the comment that I should use some other sets, otherwise people will think I only own Lovely as a Tree and Upsy Daisy!)
To make this card I did the sky first. I began by sponging with Brocade Blue, and then a little bit with Summer Sun. When there was a a very light layer of Summer Sun I punched a circle out of a post-it note and then stuck it on before sponging some more Summer Sun, some Apricot Appeal and finally at the bottom Pumpkin Pie.
I wanted daisies stretching across the bottom of the card so I stamped, covered the daisies and stamped again, completing any cut off daisies with a black marker. It is quite hard to see but I have a strip of black grosgrain ribbon across the bottom with a knot tied on it. I didn’t want to matte the whole picture so I placed a black strip at the bottom and added a thin frame on the image with a marker.
Thanks for dropping in.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Inks: Brocade Blue, Summer Sun, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Brocade Blue(card base), Basic Black
Also: Black grosgrain ribbon, black Stampin’ marker
Blue Thank You
Posted: January 14, 2009 Filed under: Upsy Daisy Leave a comment
Who would have guessed the difference a new black stamp pad would make!? I have been reinking my well used black stamp pad, but as it was beginning to come apart I bought a new one. Wow,it was so much easier to get a good silhouette.
I sponged the sky first for this card, leaving a lighter patch for something. I didn’t really know what when I started the card, sometimes that is just how my cards develop. Neither Brocade Blue or Ballet Blue were quite what I wanted so the sponging is a combination of both plus Bashful Blue. I didn’t want to put anything too dominating in the space so I split the whole piece into three and stamped a blue flower in a square for the ‘thank you’ rub-on.
Thanks for droppng in.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Inks: Ballet Blue, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Basic BLack
Cardstock: Whisper White, Ballet Blue, Basic Black
Also: Chateau Bella Rub-ons
Heather Telford 